"Nobody cares about this dude, he doesn't matter. He doesn't have wins over big name fighters. Fighting him won't do anything for my career. Why would I want to fight him? I'm gonna go out there and beat him, and then everybody's gonna say Colby beat some no-name.
I could fight anybody and still get a bigger payday for it, but I prefer to go forward. I want to get back in the title race because I feel like I'm the best welterweight in the world," BJ Penn quoted Covington as saying.